Armbrust
Armbrust (German: Crossbow) is a lightweight unguided anti-tank weapon designed and developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany, who later sold its manufacturing rights to Chartered Industries of Singapore (the predecessor of ST Kinetics).
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Armbrust
- Weapon.image
- Armbrust rocket launcher photo Iraq OIG.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- An Armbrust launcher
- Weapon.origin
- West Germany
- Weapon.type
- Recoilless gun
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.designer
- Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)Pouderies Réunies de Belgique (PRB)ST Kinetics (STK)
- Weapon.variants
- Armbrust AT, Armbrust AP, Armbrust Ub, Armbrust SC
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Combat use
- Operators
- Current
- Former
- See also
- References
- External links
Armbrust (German: Crossbow) is a lightweight unguided anti-tank weapon designed and developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany, who later sold its manufacturing rights to Chartered Industries of Singapore (the predecessor of ST Kinetics).
==Overview== thumb|left|Comparing the Armbrust (top) and MATADOR (bottom) thumb|left|An Armbrust 67 mm projectile (via Iraq OIG)